![]() ![]() So he doesn’t see the Pea pick Despereaux up, or see Despereaux fall in love with the princess. ![]() The princess touches his head-and at this moment, Furlough sees what’s happening and runs to tell Lester. One day, Despereaux is so desperate to hear the human King Phillip play and sing a song for his daughter, the Princess Pea, that he leaves his hole and sits at the king’s feet. Instead, he enjoys music, pretty light, and reading a book in the library about a knight rescuing a beautiful maiden. His siblings Furlough and Merlot try to teach Despereaux how to be a proper mouse, but Despereaux isn’t interested in being a proper mouse. His parents, Antoinette and Lester, are sure he’ll die like the other mice in his litter-but though Despereaux is sickly, he lives. The mouse Despereaux is born in a castle under unusual circumstances: his ears are very large, and unlike normal baby mice, he’s born with his eyes wide open. ![]()
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